<# .SYNOPSIS Reset-WindowsUpdate.ps1 - Resets the Windows Update components .DESCRIPTION This script will reset all of the Windows Updates components to defaults. .OUTPUTS Results are printed to the console. Future releases will support outputting to a log file. #> $arch = Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_Processor -ComputerName LocalHost | Select-Object AddressWidth Write-Host "1. Stopping Windows Update Services..." Stop-Service -Name BITS Stop-Service -Name wuauserv Stop-Service -Name appidsvc Stop-Service -Name cryptsvc Write-Host "2. Remove QMGR Data file..." Remove-Item "$env:allusersprofile\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr*.dat" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-Host "3. Renaming the Software Distribution and CatRoot Folder..." Rename-Item $env:systemroot\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.bak -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Rename-Item $env:systemroot\System32\Catroot2 catroot2.bak -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-Host "4. Removing old Windows Update log..." Remove-Item $env:systemroot\WindowsUpdate.log -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-Host "5. Resetting the Windows Update Services to defualt settings..." "sc.exe sdset bits D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)" "sc.exe sdset wuauserv D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)" Set-Location $env:systemroot\system32 Write-Host "6. Registering some DLLs..." regsvr32.exe /s atl.dll regsvr32.exe /s urlmon.dll regsvr32.exe /s mshtml.dll regsvr32.exe /s shdocvw.dll regsvr32.exe /s browseui.dll regsvr32.exe /s jscript.dll regsvr32.exe /s vbscript.dll regsvr32.exe /s scrrun.dll regsvr32.exe /s msxml.dll regsvr32.exe /s msxml3.dll regsvr32.exe /s msxml6.dll regsvr32.exe /s actxprxy.dll regsvr32.exe /s softpub.dll regsvr32.exe /s wintrust.dll regsvr32.exe /s dssenh.dll regsvr32.exe /s rsaenh.dll regsvr32.exe /s gpkcsp.dll regsvr32.exe /s sccbase.dll regsvr32.exe /s slbcsp.dll regsvr32.exe /s cryptdlg.dll regsvr32.exe /s oleaut32.dll regsvr32.exe /s ole32.dll regsvr32.exe /s shell32.dll regsvr32.exe /s initpki.dll regsvr32.exe /s wuapi.dll regsvr32.exe /s wuaueng.dll regsvr32.exe /s wuaueng1.dll regsvr32.exe /s wucltui.dll regsvr32.exe /s wups.dll regsvr32.exe /s wups2.dll regsvr32.exe /s wuweb.dll regsvr32.exe /s qmgr.dll regsvr32.exe /s qmgrprxy.dll regsvr32.exe /s wucltux.dll regsvr32.exe /s muweb.dll regsvr32.exe /s wuwebv.dll Write-Host "7) Removing WSUS client settings..." REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v AccountDomainSid /f REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v PingID /f REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v SusClientId /f Write-Host "8) Resetting the WinSock..." netsh winsock reset netsh winhttp reset proxy Write-Host "9) Delete all BITS jobs..." Get-BitsTransfer | Remove-BitsTransfer Write-Host "10) Attempting to install the Windows Update Agent..." if($arch -eq 64){ wusa Windows8-RT-KB2937636-x64 /quiet } else{ wusa Windows8-RT-KB2937636-x86 /quiet } Write-Host "11) Starting Windows Update Services..." Start-Service -Name BITS Start-Service -Name wuauserv Start-Service -Name appidsvc Start-Service -Name cryptsvc Write-Host "12) Forcing discovery..." wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow Write-Host "Process complete. Please reboot your computer."